Glossary

The glossary below contains many of the terms you will find in common use throughout the Symantec Security Response website. Please refer to this list to find definitions of terms and answers to other Internet security-related questions.

Symantec Product Authorization Service

A common component, also known as VRTSaz, that provides a centralized access control decision-making service. After the Authentication Service has validated user identities, the Authorization Service makes access control decisions, determining whether specific users have the authority to perform specific tasks on specific resources being protected by authorization. The Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) is the only part of CommandCentral Storage to use the Authorization Service, using it to control access for inter-process communication. See also Symantec Product Authentication Service.